Exclusive | FEMA fired three supervisors following probe into crew told to avoid Trump-supporting homes hit by Hurricane Milton
WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has fired three more supervisors following an internal probe into claims a crew of disaster relief workers were told to avoid Trump-supporting homes hit by Hurricane Milton in Florida, The Post can exclusively reveal.Cameron Hamilton, the current acting administrator of the agency, announced in a Tuesday letter to Sen.Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) that an “exhaustive investigation” had concluded the supervisors failed to “meet our standards of conduct” or reign in their partisan underlings’ behavior.“[I]t is essential that the entire workforce understand that this incident was reprehensible, and this type of behavior will not be tolerated at FEMA,” Hamilton wrote.“Further, in accordance with my commitment, and that of President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem, to ensure that Americans receive impartial assistance from FEMA, I have directed a comprehensive additional training for FEMA staff to reinforce that political affiliation should never be a consideration in the rendering of assistance.”Blackburn had demanded answers about the snub from now-departed FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell in a letter last November, expressing her “disgust with the blatant display of bias.”“I’m pleased to see that FEMA has terminated four individuals as a result of the agency’s disgusting discrimination against Trump supporters in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton last year,” she told The Post on Thursday.“This unjustifiable behavior should never be allowed to fester or run rampant in any organization — let alone a federal agency that is designed to serve the needs of the American people.”Hamilton added that the investigation also “found no evidence this was a systemic problem, nor that it was directed by agency or field leadership” — directly contradicting claims by ex-FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington.In October, Washington instructed her crew ca...